ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lusterless

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈlʌstələs/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Lusterless is an adjective meaning Without luster, dull, not shiny, flat or matte finished.

Meaning

Without luster, dull, not shiny, flat or matte finished.

More Meanings

  1. Without brilliance, unremarkable.

Example Sentences

The lips were of the usual marble pallor. The eyes were lustreless.
The school was a triumph for her husband after a lustreless career in Hong Kong, but it had brought her low.
His thick, heavy, languid, lustreless black hair fell down behind his ears on to his shoulders, in that musicianlike way that is so offensive to the normal Englishman.
His Chevrolet was larger, but old and unwashed; the mudguards had been dented, cut, welded; one door had been ducoed in a lustreless colour that did not exactly match […]

Word Forms

Synonyms for lusterless

Depending on context, synonyms include lackluster, dull, lustreless, lacklustre.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lustreless, lackluster, lacklustre, dull, dim, mat.

Related Dictionary Tools

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.